| Georgia Department of Public Safety | |
| Abbreviation | GDPS |
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| Formed | 1937 |
| Employees | 1,268 (as of 2004) [1] |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Georgia, U.S. |
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| Size | 59,425 square miles (153,910 km2) |
| Population | 9,544,750 (2007 est.)[2] |
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| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Troopers | 856 (as of 2004) [3] |
| Civilians | 412 (as of 2004) [4] |
| Agency executive | Colonel Bill Hitchens, Commissioner |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Georgia Department of Public Safety is a state body that is responsible for state wide law enforcement and public safety within the American state of Georgia. The current Commissioner of the department is Bill Hitchens, who is also Colonel of the Georgia State Patrol.
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On February 28, 1974, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was made an independent agency separate from the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
The Georgia State Patrol is the highway patrol agency for the U.S. state of Georgia, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. GSP Troopers primarily operate on the long stretches of Interstate highway as well as providing SWAT team response to rural areas of the state.
A Major serves as Commanding Officer over Field Operations, The current Major is Mark McDonough
Georgia Capitol Police is one of the divisions of the Georgia Department of Public Safety responsible for law enforcement of the Capitol Hill area of Atlanta, Georgia.
The Division is split into two units
The Motor Carrier Compliance Division is responsible for the enforcement of the laws and rules of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This division conducts safety inspections of commercial motor vehicles especially buses and trucks, inspects highway shipments of hazardous materials, and performs compliance reviews (aka safety performance audits) on motor carriers. It also enforces laws and regulations that govern vehicle size (height, width, and length) and weight. It operates the 19 weigh stations in the state of Georgia and also performs roadside inspections on Commercial Motor Vehicles. Lastly the MCCD also enforces the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes through the city of Atlanta.
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